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IndySprintCar (Offline)
#24 5/6/14 9:45 AM

I saw this over at http://stevechasseymotorsportsinsurance.com/id3.html

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In 1983 I began my association with the Genesee Beer team owned By Dick Hammond from Buffalo, New York and managed by Galen Fox from Indianapolis. I drove all of the "Genesee Beer Wagon" cars for them, Sprint, Champ Dirt, and the Indy cars. I finished the 1983 Indy 500 in 11th position. I had many top ten finishes with our Chevrolet Stock Block powered car. I set the one and four lap qualifying records at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a normally aspirated Push Rod Stock Block in 1985. In 1984 I won the prestigious "Hoosier Hundred" Dirt car race that is considered the Indy 500 for Dirt Cars.

That kind of story is why I paid attention to the 500 and when those days were over, that's when I stopped paying attention. Those days are long gone and they'll probably never be back. I could care less if they run on the oval or road course because the underlying nature of the sport has changed in a way that doesn't connect with me. I suppose I'm in the minority or else things wouldn't have changed.

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